LICKSPITTLE, n. A useful functionary, not infrequently found editing a newspaper . . . the lickspittle is only the blackmailer under another aspect, although the latter is frequently found as an independent species.

PRESENTABLE, adj. Hideously appareled after the manner of the time and place.

ASPERSE, v.t. Maliciously to ascribe to another vicious actions which one has not had the temptation and opportunity to commit.

Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.

GNU, n. An animal of South Africa, which in its domesticated state resembles a horse, a buffalo and a stag. In its wild condition it is something like a thunderbolt, an earthquake and a cyclone.

Optimist – A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.

The ghost is the outward and visible signs of an inward fear.